Pictured is #13 Eli Slavens
If you haven’t had the privilege of watching the Hackett Jr High Hornets play basketball then you are “swishing” out! The Jr Hornets picked up their sixth win of the season last night as they hosted the Magazine Jr High Rattlers to a full buffet of poppin’ threes, poundin’ boards, and nothin’ but net. When the final buzzer sounded, Hackett stood with a full-bellied final winning score of 50-26. This upgrades the Jr Hornets to a total season record of 6-3.
Cole Ketchum earned a double serving of points with 17 on the game by playing faster than the blink of an eye. Ketchum was un”ketch”able the entire night as he was gone quicker than a cheesecake in the Golden Girls’ kitchen. With 9 points in the match, Eli Slavens can not only get shots to land due to his eagle eye shooting but he can also see what his opponents are planning shutting down their plays faster than an E.coli outbreak at a chicken plant.
Brothers Datyn and Dawsyn Clay might be cut from the same cloth but they are most definitely their own suits. Datyn pinned down six points by aggressively going after that orange ball in the sky like a bull to the color red. And Dawsyn gained 4 points with his hotter than catfish in a skillet moves that left him dancing circles around the Rattlers. Wyatt Hester charged the court with unyielding stamina that allowed him to play minute after minute without delivering a lunch break to Magazine.
Standing taller than Mount Everest was Hayden Foster who bagged every Rattler’s attempt to defy gravity and score. Foster himself though had zero problem sinking shots as he netted 5 points from the game. And although Landon “Slammin” Slavens hit the hardwood towards the end of the game, it just goes to show you save the best for last. Slavens jumped into the match and before anyone knew what was happening he sunk a three faster than a toupee disappearing in a hurricane.
Next up, the Hackett Jr High Hornets are heading to Danville tonight, Friday, December 11, to try their hand at cleaning the Little Johns in a two-game sweep along with the help of the Sr Lady Hornets.
